Avondale vs Westwood

A side-by-side comparison of Avondale and Westwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Avondale and Westwood are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Westwood has the higher population (1,432 vs 1,286 in Avondale). Avondale has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $79,953 in Westwood). Since 2019, Westwood's population has grown faster (+128.4% vs -8.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Avondale	Westwood
Population	1,286	1,432
Median age	30.4 yrs	35.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$79,953
Median home value	$294,800	—
Median gross rent	$1,458	—
Housing units	504	418
Homeownership rate	58.3%	96.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avondale	Westwood
Population	1,406 → 1,286 (-8.5%)	627 → 1,432 (+128.4%)
Median household income	$74,007 → $80,000 (+8.1%)	$71,211 → $79,953 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$225,900 → $294,800 (+30.5%)	$158,800 → $116,800 (-26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,456 → $1,458 (+0.1%)	—

Avondale

Population

1,4061,286

Median household income

$74,007$80,000

Median home value

$225,900$294,800

Median gross rent

$1,456$1,458

Westwood

Population

6271,432

Median household income

$71,211$79,953

Median home value

$158,800$116,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avondale	Westwood
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.0%	27.9%
18 to 24	6.3%	3.8%
25 to 34	24.7%	17.9%
35 to 44	15.9%	28.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	3.7%
55 to 64	5.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	1.1%
75 and over	3.5%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avondale	Westwood
White (non-Hispanic)	25.8%	88.0%
Black or African American	4.4%	10.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	63.5%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avondale	Westwood
No high school diploma	42.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.5%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	54.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avondale	Westwood
Drove alone	66.0%	84.5%
Carpooled	10.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	14.0%
Other means	14.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avondale	Westwood
1-unit, detached	44.6%	24.9%
1-unit, attached	30.6%	75.1%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Avondale	Westwood
Poverty rate	7.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.96	3.43
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1938	1943